Spectator 2006 Saturday March 19th 2011

[mintyman99]

http://www.spectator....6788753/crossword.pdf

[cruciverbali]

Thank you minty - Happy St. Patrick's day to our helpful leprechaun !

[kayakamina]

Thanks for the link MM and I endorse cruciverbali's wishes.

An enjoyable puzzle, but rather dozily I didn't immediately see the connection with the crossword title!

[AHearer]

Thanks, mintyman, we'd be lost without you.

[tenflags]

Yes Cheers MM99.

[barrybutler]

Thanks Minty.....

[slaney]

Thanks, as ever, mintyman.

[mad max]

many thanks for link

[zita-green]

Ditto, mintyman.

[roslyn251254]

Thanks for the link MM. My grid is complete, surname highlighted, but I don't get the cryptic part of 30d - can someone help please?

[slaney]

Roslyn - private=PTE, with collection=SET around

[roslyn251254]

Thanks slaney - I was thinking of the "wrong" private!. This will be my last spectator for a while - we are off on the holiday of a lifetime to Australia for a month! See you all soon.

[kayakamina]

Ros - lucky you , have a great time.

Regards K

[slaney]

Wow - have a great trip Roslyn!

[mathsman]

Title not mathematically accurate but near enough.
21d has me pondering. The letters I have are ?oir?r and the letters seem to cross-check, but i can't find a word to fit. Am I way off beam?

[kayakamina]

Hi mathsman

Your R is incorrect in 21d which may mean you have the wrong work.

[kayakamina]

Can I add that MOR is the awkward girl, catching a fish.

[ixion]

Thanks for the link minty

[ixion]

erm...

20D is not volcanic as far as I can see?

[dr b]

if you google 20d + volcano you will get plenty of hits that indicate that it is.

[ixion]

That doesn't necessarily make it so - Wiki clearly states it is not volcanic(unless I've got the wrong Andean mountain)